HAMPSHIRE clinched a second successive Royal London One-Day Cup victory against Surrey at The Ageas Bowl tonight. Mason Crane’s 3-45 helped limit Surrey to 262-7 from a rain-reduced 44 overs before Rilee Rossouw’s brilliant 90 and Joe Weatherley
THE DAILY Echo whisks their readers on a tantalising trip through time to when dignitaries took breaks from their busy schedules to open cash machines and salad making competitions were held at the Polygon Hotel - May 1978. On the national stage
WINCHESTER has welcomed its first clutch of peregrine falcon chicks in three years after the city’s only pair nested on the roof of the cathedral. The pair had originally been nesting on the former Hampshire police headquarters, based in Romsey
POLICE are searching for a missing ex-serviceman who may be in the Winchester area. Concern is growing for former soldier Daniel Johnston, 35, disappeared yesterday after visiting family and friends in the Bognor Regis area. He told his mother
OUTGOING Eastleigh supremo Stewart Donald has today completed his takeover of Sunderland. A £40 million deal sees the League One club pass from Texan businessman Ellis Short to the former Spitfires owner/chairman. The English Football League
I HAVE recently decided to start looking after myself, and thought that I would begin by going swimming a few times a week. As a full-time worker, often working late into the evening, my availability is limited. I thought I would visit The Quays
SYDENHAMS One outfit New Milton Town have a new management team at the helm. The New Forest club have turned to ex-Wimborne Town and AFC Totton defender Pat Wilson and Ben Cooper to lead them into 2018/19. Both men have worked for AFC Bournemouth
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have thanked the well-wishers who took part in their marriage celebrations as they released three official wedding pictures. The couple, who wed on Saturday during a moving ceremony that reflected the diversity of
THOUSANDS descended on a Hampshire town to celebrate all things watercress. The nationally acclaimed annual Alresford Watercress Festival returned in a blaze of sunshine, with organisers showing off all that is good about "the superb locally grown
HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Wickham to take in the village's annual horse fair. The show was expected to bring in more than 1,000 Gypsies and travellers from across the country and features a horse run, fairground rides, and market
AFC TOTTON boss Louis Langdown has filled the club’s goal scoring vacancy – and how! Having seen Tony Lee join Weymouth and Nathaniel Sherborne retire, the Stags have swooped for one of the area’s most feared marksmen Justin Bennett. After
MORE than 80 supporters of Winchester Churches Nightshelter gathered to celebrate the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) 2017, which was awarded to the charity earlier this year and formally presented at the Nightshelter's AGM
SAINTS youngster Olufela Olomola has joined League One outfit Scunthorpe on a free transfer. The 20-year-old signs a three-year deal at Glanford Park, departing St Mary's after four years. Olomola made one first-team appearance for Saints,
THOUSANDS of pounds were raised towards funding a new children’s emergency department in Southampton at a red, white and blue themed ball. More than 300 guests partied the night away at the Make A Difference (MAD) Ball in aid of the Murray Parish
HAMPSHIRE County Council leader Roy Perry made two changes to his cabinet as stalwarts leave due to health reasons. Cllr Perry confirmed the new roles following councillor Peter Edgar and councillor Andrew Gibson decisions to stand down from the
Southampton City Council will set differences aside for a friendly sports match.Councillors from all parties have been invited to swap debate for dodgeball when they take each other on in a local park.It follows 2016's game of rounders in Palmerston
WINCHESTER City Council is the latest local authority to join the Business South Champions programme.In the last decade the programme, which has grown to 200 members, promotes the region, demonstrate the importance of their sectors, provide leadership
A fall in job applications from EU workers has eased but firms remain worried about hiring skilled staff after Brexit, says a report. The manufacturers' organisation EEF said almost a fifth of companies saw a drop in applications from European
THUNDER and lightning have been forecast for Southampton this afternoon and tomorrow. The Met Office says that rain will begin to fall at about 4pm today, with lightning expected to follow at 5pm. Tomorrow rain and thunder are both expected
A POLICE helicopter was used to hunt for a suspect over Southampton. Residents reported seeing the aircraft hovering over Swaythling and Bassett at about 10pm. Anyone know why a police helicopter is hovering over #Swaythling #Bassett area
THE finishing touches of a deal to bring Mark Hughes to Saints on a permanent basis are being completed. The Daily Echo understands Saints are nearly in a position to announce Hughes, who led the club to Premier League safety, as their new manager
A new adaptation of Dickens’ classic tale, Great Expectations is coming to the famous author’s hometown of Portsmouth this week as it opens at the historic New Theatre Royal. From the producers who delighted New Theatre Royal’s audiences with Travels
PLANS to build a new care village with more than 100 apartments, creating 40 jobs, have been unanimously approved for initial development in Test Valley. Members of the council's southern area planning committee agreed to grant the application
A ‘SAFE standing’ campaign group has made a visit to Southampton in the battle to see rail seats installed at St Mary’s. Now publicly backed by Southampton City Council, project supporter cllr Andrew Pope’s efforts to introduce the idea saw campaign
Since social media platforms are using the same techniques as gambling firms to create psychological dependencies, it is a lucrative opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry to develop a drug that would break the cycle of addiction. Just think
A NEW shop is set to open on Winchester High Street. Cell Repair will take over the unit previously occupied by Zoe Jewellers. As previous reported, the jewellers closed in July, although the reasons behind the closure are unclear. Speaking
Promises to bring more patient care closer to home by prioritising NHS community services have fallen flat, a report has claimed. National strategies under successive governments have concluded that the NHS must do more to help people stay well
LONDON'S loss could be Southampton's gain. British Marine, which organises the London Boat Show has announced that 2019's event has been cancelled. The company has said it is now ploughing all its efforts into the TheYachtMarket.com Southampton
THEY'RE back! The "jewel in the crown" of Southampton's very own art collection are back on view to the public Thanks to £30,000 of funding Edward Burne-Jones' Perseus series are back on show in the Baring Room at Southampton City Art Gallery
SPRING has truly sprung at the award-winning Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. After one of the longest, coldest and wettest winters in living memory the 200-acre attraction on the banks of the Beaulieu River is now a blaze of colour. Visitors
A HAMPSHIRE police boss has called on the government to fund the use of Tasers rather than leave individual forces to front the bill. Chairman of Hampshire Police Federation, John Apter, has written an open letter to the policing minister, MP Nick
The first phase of judging is over and today we can begin revealing the shortlisted companies for the Ech-backed South Coast Business Awards. We start with the Taylor Made computer Solutions Award for Best Use of Technology. The winner of this
SHE is the woman who was immortalised in bronze outside her local library. Now Doris Winteridge – the model for the statue at Bitterne’s Cobbet Road Library – has died aged 98. Dot was one of the first users of library on its opening in May
SOFIANE Boufal has been something of an enigma during his time at Saints. He's dazzled and frustrated fans in equal measure, and this week was no different. On the one hand, he picked up the Premier League's Goal of the Season award for a superb
CELEBRATIONS of life are normally reserved to mark someone’s achievements after they have died. But one Southampton family has held such a party, with a difference - the main subject was actually there himself. Dozens attended a lively barbecue
DRIVERS are being advised to allow more time for their journeys or consider alternative routes around Wickham today due to road closures set to be in place for the annual Horse Fair. The event is likely to be attended by more than a thousand Gypsies
A SOUTHAMPTON pitch and putt course has been saved thanks to the efforts of one family. The 18-hole course at Riverside Park has reopened as a family run enterprise three years after Southampton City Council said it could no longer afford to subsidise
MAYA Yoshida is set to stay at Saints amid interest from a club in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh-based outfit Al Hilal, the Saudi Arabian champions, held an interest in the long-serving Saints centre-back earlier this month. However, Yoshida is said
KING John's House in Romsey will be hosting a talk on the archaeology of the Ordnance Survey maps. Later this summer, professor Roger Leech will lead the talk about the history of portraying archaeological sits on the maps of Ordnance Survey.
THE future of a "well-used" airline route, connecting Southampton a major European city, hangs in the balance. Bmi Regional has told customers through social media that it will no longer fly between Southampton and Munich. It comes after the
SOFIANE Boufal has had a topsy-turvy week – and doubts remain over his future at St Mary’s. The Saints attacker won the Premier League’s Goal of the Season on Saturday, scooping the award for his stunning solo winning strike in a 1-0 home victory
